Texas Tech vs. South Texas College of Law

I really want to stay in Texas. I have been accepted to these two universities as well as Florida Coastal. I am waiting to hear from UT, UH, and Baylor. Any opinions on Tech and South Texas College of Law? Thanks.

Unless you got a hefty scholarship from STCL, go to Tech. It's hard to justify the massive debt for a Tier 4 school when you can go to a cheap (if you're a TX resident) Tier 3. Also, I'd only choose STCL if you're certain you want to practice in Houston.

i think a couple of the previous posters are just talking out of their azzes. STCL is the overall better school.

What planet do you live on skeletor?

Texas Tech is a solid Tier 3, STCL is a tier 4. How can you honestly state the STCL is the overall better school?

According to the Princeton Review Best 159 Law Schools, average starting salary for Tech is $70,200 STCL is $73,000. By the way, these are averages. Some Tech grads may make over 6 figures while STCL grads make $50,000/year or vice versa. $10,000 over for STCL is a little bit of an overkill. Sounds to me like you're the one talking out of your azz.

I want a school with a small student/teacher ratioWant it to have a good (90% or higher) bar passing rateReasonable tuition cost (I am a texas resident)Want to be stay in texas...as close to South TExas (Rio Grande VAlley) as possibleBUT OVERALL: I want to get the best education possible between these two schools....any other added opinions?

Oh yeah one more thing...My long term goal is to eventually become a law professor, but while I practice law I am going to focus on either bankruptcy law, will and estate, or criminal law (bet you can tell i am undecided ! )

i think a couple of the previous posters are just talking out of their azzes. STCL is the overall better school.

What planet do you live on skeletor?

Texas Tech is a solid Tier 3, STCL is a tier 4. How can you honestly state the STCL is the overall better school?

According to the Princeton Review Best 159 Law Schools, average starting salary for Tech is $70,200 STCL is $73,000. By the way, these are averages. Some Tech grads may make over 6 figures while STCL grads make $50,000/year or vice versa. $10,000 over for STCL is a little bit of an overkill. Sounds to me like you're the one talking out of your azz.

No disrespect, hotshot, but I think your reliance on USNWR rankings is misplaced. You make it sound like there is no question TT is better than STCL, but I have pointed to some solid (tho admittedly not dispositive) stats that suggest otherwise.

The top 25% of STCL will get the same gigs as the top 25% of TT. But while the bottom 75% of TT grads end up in markets like El Paso and Jasper, TX (aka Klan hq), the bottom 75% of STCL grads still find themselves in Houston and Galveston.

oh..one more thing.. I got accepted to Florida Coastal as well, and they are offering me $15,000 a year....of course I would still be paying out-of-state tuition though...what tier of school is that? is it better than either tech or STCL?